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Midnight Specialist
03-24-2021, 06:20 PM
I recently installed Dave's Microprocessor controlled idle ECU and it brings the idle down to 775-800 when I first start the car, but it bumps up to 1000 - 1200 after it warms up. I looked at the LED on the ECU and it's illuminated indicating the idle motor is holding at a full closed position. I attempted to the curb idle screw and I could almost take it out with no change in the RPMs. I thought that it might be the idle motor, but I put a new on in and the same result, still at the 1000 - 1200 RPM range. Anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this issue?
Bitsyncmaster
03-24-2021, 07:07 PM
I had the same problem. I could back out the curb idle screw all the way and on a hot engine it idled at 1000 RPM. That turned out to be bad deceleration springs. I bought a used replacement throttle body and that cured that problem.
Midnight Specialist
03-24-2021, 07:14 PM
Thanks Dave. Love the ECU so far. Just need to nail down the issue. Going to try the spring like yours.
Bitsyncmaster
03-24-2021, 07:39 PM
I had posted a photo of bad springs a long time ago. I will look if it's still here. But if you take off the W pipe, you can see the springs. If they are not evenly spaced then they are the bad ones. The good springs are evenly spaced.
Found it.
Pic of bad deceleration springs HERE (http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?13145-Decel-valve-springs-replaceable&p=189765&viewfull=1#post189765).
TheStoot
05-13-2021, 07:54 AM
I recently installed Dave's Microprocessor controlled idle ECU and it brings the idle down to 775-800 when I first start the car, but it bumps up to 1000 - 1200 after it warms up. I looked at the LED on the ECU and it's illuminated indicating the idle motor is holding at a full closed position. I attempted to the curb idle screw and I could almost take it out with no change in the RPMs. I thought that it might be the idle motor, but I put a new on in and the same result, still at the 1000 - 1200 RPM range. Anyone have any ideas on what might be causing this issue?
Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm finding I have the same problem. I sometimes find if I let put the clutch a but w the brake still applied it'll sometimes bring my rpms down a couple hundred while at a stop.
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